China 2011: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Vettel	Red Bull	1:35.674	1:34.776	1:33.706
2	Button	McLaren	1:35.924	1:34.662	1:34.421	+0.715
3	Hamilton	McLaren	1:36.091	1:34.486	1:34.463	+0.757
4	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:35.272	1:35.850	1:34.670	+0.964
5	Alonso	Ferrari	1:35.389	1:35.165	1:35.119	+1.413
6	Massa	Ferrari	1:35.478	1:35.437	1:35.145	+1.439
7	Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:36.133	1:35.563	1:36.158	+2.452
8	Di Resta	Force India	1:35.702	1:35.858	1:36.190	+2.484
9	Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:36.110	1:35.500	1:36.203	+2.497
10	Petrov	Renault	1:35.370	1:35.149		+0.663
11	Sutil	Force India	1:36.092	1:35.874		+1.388
12	Pérez	Sauber	1:36.046	1:36.053		+1.567
13	Kobayashi	Sauber	1:36.147	1:36.236		+1.750
14	Schumacher	Mercedes	1:35.508	1:36.457		+1.971
15	Barrichello	Williams	1:35.911	1:36.465		+1.979
16	Heidfeld	Renault	1:35.910	1:36.611		+2.125
17	Maldonado	Williams	1:36.121	1:36.956		+2.470
18	Webber	Red Bull	1:36.468			+1.196
19	Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:37.894			+2.622
20	Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:38.318			+3.046
21	D'Ambrosio	Virgin	1:39.119			+3.847
22	Glock	Virgin	1:39.708			+4.436
23	Liuzzi	HRT	1:40.212			+4.940
24	Karthikeyan	HRT	1:40.445			+5.173

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	56	1:36:58.226	3	Mercedes
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	56	+5.198	2	Renault
3	Mark WebberFastest lap	Red Bull	18	56	+7.555	3	Renault
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	2	56	+10.000	3	Mercedes
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	4	56	+13.448	3	Mercedes
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	56	+15.840	2	Ferrari
7	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	56	+30.622	2	Ferrari
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	14	56	+31.026	3	Mercedes
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	56	+57.404	2	Renault
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	13	56	+1:03.273	2	Ferrari
11	Paul di Resta	Force India	8	56	+1:08.757	2	Mercedes
12	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	16	56	+1:12.739	2	Renault
13	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	15	56	+1:30.189	2	Cosworth
14	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	9	56	+1:30.671	3	Ferrari
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	11	55	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	19	55	+1 lap	2	Renault
17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	12	55	+1 lap	4	Ferrari
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	17	55	+1 lap	3	Cosworth
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	20	55	+1 lap	2	Renault
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	21	54	+2 laps	2	Cosworth
21	Timo Glock	Virgin	22	54	+2 laps	3	Cosworth
22	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	54	+2 laps	3	Cosworth
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	24	54	+2 laps	1	Cosworth
DNF	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	7	9	Wheel	1	Ferrari

Race

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Places gained

Webber18→3+15
Schumacher14→8+6
Heidfeld16→12+4
Kobayashi13→10+3
Kovalainen19→16+3
Hamilton3→1+2
Barrichello15→13+2
Petrov10→9+1
Trulli20→19+1
D'Ambrosio21→20+1
Glock22→21+1
Liuzzi23→22+1
Karthikeyan24→23+1
Massa6→60
Vettel1→2-1
Rosberg4→5-1
Maldonado17→18-1
Button2→4-2
Alonso5→7-2
Di Resta8→11-3
Sutil11→15-4
Buemi9→14-5
Pérez12→17-5

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Pérez13.900R48
2Liuzzi14.160R9
3Schumacher20.522R10
4Hamilton20.533R25
5Hamilton20.567R38
6Rosberg20.720R39
7Button20.758R24
8Rosberg20.771R12
9Hamilton20.878R15
10Sutil20.989R15

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton151013183 stops
Vettel1417252 stops
Webber101515163 stops
Button141013193 stops
Rosberg121314173 stops
Massa1518232 stops
Alonso1616242 stops
Schumacher101613173 stops
Petrov1720192 stops
Kobayashi1416262 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

This race in history

7 races here since 2004Won from pole: 4 of 7

Win from furthest back (P6): Michael Schumacher 2006

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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